Seems appropriate for Memorial Day, no? At the very least, an antidote to the speeches and the fireworks and the patriotic drum-banging that doesn’t feel like a very good or authentic remembrance of loss.
The End and the Beginning by Wislawa Szymborska
Entries Tagged as 'Memorial Day'
A poem for Memorial Day
May 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Whatever ...
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5 stories about soldiers
May 27th, 2008 · No Comments · 5 things, What's on my bookshelf
In honor of Memorial Day (a day late)
The Things They Carried: Tim O’Brien*
Catch-22: Joseph Heller
The Red Badge of Courage: Stephen Crane
The Regeneration Trilogy [Regeneration/The Eye in the Door/The Ghost Road]: Pat Barker
All Quiet on the Western Front: Erich Maria Remarque
Tags: 5 things·Memorial Day·soldiers·war·What's on my bookshelf